title: Acute bronchiolitis.
abstract: Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection to affect infants and toddlers. High-risk patients include infants younger than 3 months, premature infants, children with immunodeficiency, children with underlying cardiopulmonary or neuromuscular disease, or infants prone to apnea, severe respiratory distress, and respiratory failure. Bronchiolitis is a self-limited disease in healthy infants and children. Treatment is usually symptomatic, and the goal of therapy is to maintain adequate oxygenation and hydration. Use of a high-flow nasal cannula is becoming common for children with severe bronchiolitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, WGL 266, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: gteshome@peds.umaryland.edu.
authors.forename: Getachew
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teshome
authors.forename: Rajender
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gattu
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Acute bronchiolitis; Respiratory syncytial virus; Wheezing